Cushion-heel.



' No. 877,450. EETENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

Erw. EEEEY. CUSHION EEEE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2v2. l907 a fwfwfey l combinationheel in which 'the to f that is the tread lface ofthe heel, is al rub- .ber and. the remainder of the heel is leather uNrTED STATES PATENT; oEErcE. y

REUBEN w. PEEEY, oE s'roNEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, AsSIGNoRoF' E. sTEvENS, 0E MELROSE, MASSacHUsETrs; CUSHION-HEEL.

Specication of `Letters Patent.,

Patented Jan. 21",'1 9os.

Appumim'mea May 22.1907. serai No. 375.033.

To all whom "it may concern: j l

Be it known thatl, REUBENW. PERRY,

citizen of the United States, residing at Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex and State of .y Massachusetts, have invented acertain-new and useful, Improvement in Oushion-Heels, ofwhch the following is' a'speciication, ref- V -erencebeing had thereinA to the accompanymgldrawings gif; Ah n veution relates toV an improved ,heel composedinpart'of leatherand I .inA artof'rubber.

lift,

may have to some extent the cushion feature and may be'cheaper than an all rubber heel, but it lacks the antislippin feature which 1s ven by forming the trea surface of part ru ber and part some other material, such as leather, and it also wears down too quickly at the rear end fof the heel where the greatest wear usually comes. Y

The object of the resent invention is to provide a cushion hee having both the cush-k ion and anti-slipping characteristics com- A lbilled and tovproduce this effectyin a r`1 V I economical manner'by a peculiar-combina;

tion of rubber with leather or other rela# v.tivly inelastic material having the-rubber `and-'leather so distributed as to have the and to' have the exposed. poryet Where it will ll. The invention be full'yunderstood from' the followingdescriptiontaken in con-A atres t ereof are pointed ned' the claims `at the Ofithe 'specili ation.

levatio'nv of a detached heel com# of .-manufactur Fig. isi'a longitudinal heel-shown in Fig. 2, Fi 5 is a plan view of the under side; that 1s, the tread surface'=:of the top lift of the heeL-Lshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a front end elevation of the detached heel. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the upper side of a modiedfformff heel. Fig; 8- is `a pian view ofthe under side of theheel shown in 'Fi 7 Fi ..9'is a cross-section on line. 9--9 of. ig. 8-

g. 10 isa longitudinal section on line 10 -j`l0 ofFig. 8.

top` lift,l that is'the whichcomes on the4v tread side of theheel, and B represents the bottom lift.

lifts. E, F, or any other number to make y horse-shoe'- shaped,vr and .'a central rubber portion 4, while thdbottom lift B comprises a leather ortion 1 'formin the fore, art o f the lift and a reanportion 2 orming t e .rear part ofthe lift, the rubber por- -tion 2 of the bottom liftlapping over onto 'the rear part ofthe rubberportion 4 o f the "toplift as clearly shownin' ig. 3. The rub- 'ber and leatherportions' of both lifts are all thoroughly united by vulcanization.

In forming the heel thel horse-shoe shaped leather' potion Bof the top lift is first placed in a mold and the vspace between the branches ofthe leatherportion 3 is filled up with unvulcanized rubber. The leather portion 1 Y whichforms the forepart of the liftB is then placed inthe fore part of the mold on top of the rubber 4, and the space at the rear of the portion' lis filled with unvul'canized rubber Nand the vn jnold is then closed and suhjoted to a sufficient degree if heat to vulcanize the rubber and cause the rubber portions 2, 4,

of the -two lifts to become solidly. united together. and 'also to cause the leather portions 1, 3, 'of the lifts-to be thoroughly united to the rubber. 'l `he. rear4 ortion and the sides of the tread' face o the heel 4being Iof leather take up thewear Where it mostly occursand at the same timethe rubber por- ...tionfl coperates with the leather portion 3 aid' in preventing slipping on wet surfaces- T he'rubber rear portion 2 of 'the Segond lift v forms1 aspring cushion for the rear part .of \\th e he e1` with as much effectiveness as ithe ONE-HALE To GEORGE Referring to Figs. 1 to represents theV The heeliv of' the shoe C to which the'coinbinaton heel is to be attached" ma# be, built up ifgalesiredwith additional fcentral section fo th e; heel shewnjin-jFi/Z. l'r 1 ib ber came directly in contact with 'the of theiippergside o the gfund without being exposed to wear.

An important feature of this form of con struction is that the forward end of the rubber portion 2 of the lift B laps over the rear end of the rubber portion 4 of the top lift A;

thus making a double thickness of rubber for a certain distance intermediate the front and rear ends of the heel, and givinfr a sort of a spring hinge eect to the hee which materially aids in the cushionin quality.

In the modification shown in igs.. 7 to 10, the leather portionof the top lift A has a cross portion 8 connecting the two forward ends of the horns of the leather portion, thus making an entire margin of leather and a little more solid breast to the heel on the tread side than the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 where the breast end is rubber. The lift B has the rear portion 9 of rubber similar to the construction already described and shown in Fig. 4, but the leather portion 10 of the said lift has a segmental portion cut out of its forward end which is filled in with a rubber portion 11, thus making the forward end of the heel with leather on the tread side thereof and rubber above it, while in the form first described, as shown in Fig. 8, the breast portion of the tread side is rubber, while the portion above it is leather. v

lnvthe modified form described, as wellas in the first form described, the rear portion of the tread side'of the heel is leather and a layer of rubber is above it and the rubber portion of the two lifts overlap each other at their inner ends, thus securing the spring joint feature already described.

By the construction of a heel such as have described, the marginal portion of the top lift along the line where the nails are 'usually driven beingall leather/it isv not necessary to make any nail holes, and the heel may be blind nailed to the shoe so that no portion of the nail will appear on the exosed surface of the heel. When the heel is attached to the shoe there will be only avery slight exposed portion of rubber o n the side of the heeland on account of the top lift being of leather and y x of rubber 2 bein lbetween'two leather lifts, the heel can be ished so that the rubber 'will .be very inconspicuous. An additonal advantage of having such a the small exposed portion small exposed portion of rubber and havinit o manufacture, a

side portions are of leather and whose middle f portion is of rubber, and a bottom lift whose rear portion is rubber and whose forward portion is leather, the forward end of the upper rubber portion and the rear endof kthe lower vrubber portion ofthe two-lifts loverlapping' each other and being vulcanized together, 4the rubber portion of the top lift extending further forwardv than-the rubber portion of the bottom lift, and the rubber portion of the bottom lift extendin further garward than the rubber portion() the top i-t. l

42. As a new article of manufacture, a

cushion heel having a top liftwhose rear and,k side portions are of leather lof horse-shoe .A

shape, and whose middle portion is of rubber,I 'and a bottom liftwhose rear portidn is rubber and whose forward portion is vofleather, the forward en'dv of the rubber portion of thel bottom lift and the'rear end of the rubber 4portion of the top lift overlappingeach other ind bein 1r vulcanized together,y the 'rubberf portion of the top lift extending further forward than the rubber portion ofthe bot'tom lift and the rubber portionof the bottom lift extending further rearward than'l-the rubber portion of the top lift. 'f

in presence of two witnesses. f.

, REUBEN W. PERRY; Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. COPELAND,

JOHN H. PARKER.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature,l 

